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If applied with thought, sensitivity and knowledge, ICT affords the means to extend access to education and training to the knowledge-poor, the isolated and those who have been ignored for too long ’.
Research Findings
Policy implications
- Policy planning for the development of national systems of teacher education should explicitly recognise the increasingly important role of ICT and its potential for increasing access and improving quality;
- ICT policy and practice must be closely matched to local contexts and needs, with a particular focus on classroom relevance and learner achievement;
- The potential of new, mobile technologies needs further investigation in a wider range of contexts and purposes;
- Further evidence is urgently required as to the way in which new forms of technologies, particularly mobile technologies, can impact on the logistics/costs of ICT provision for teacher education.
